diff --git a/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/QuarkusCLIUtils.java b/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/QuarkusCLIUtils.java
index d847e7995..430bcf605 100644
--- a/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/QuarkusCLIUtils.java
+++ b/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/QuarkusCLIUtils.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamReader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
 
+import io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.QuarkusCliClient;
 import io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.QuarkusCliRestService;
+import io.quarkus.test.services.quarkus.model.QuarkusProperties;
 import io.smallrye.common.os.OS;
 
 public abstract class QuarkusCLIUtils {
@@ -45,6 +47,16 @@ public abstract class QuarkusCLIUtils {
      */
     private static final int GAV_FIELDS_LENGTH = 3;
 
+    public static IQuarkusCLIAppManager createAppManager(QuarkusCliClient cliClient,
+            DefaultArtifactVersion oldVersionStream,
+            DefaultArtifactVersion newVersionStream) {
+        if (QuarkusProperties.isRHBQ()) {
+            return new RHBQPlatformAppManager(cliClient, oldVersionStream, newVersionStream,
+                    new DefaultArtifactVersion(QuarkusProperties.getVersion()));
+        }
+        return new DefaultQuarkusCLIAppManager(cliClient, oldVersionStream, newVersionStream);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create app, put properties into application.properties file,
      * then update the app and verify that properties are the expected ones.
@@ -259,6 +271,33 @@ public static Properties getProperties(QuarkusCliRestService app) throws XmlPull
         return getPom(app).getProperties();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Change given properties in app's pom.
+     * Other properties are unchanged.
+     */
+    public static void changePropertiesInPom(QuarkusCliRestService app, Properties properties)
+            throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+        Model pom = getPom(app);
+        Properties pomProperties = pom.getProperties();
+        pomProperties.putAll(properties);
+        pom.setProperties(pomProperties);
+        savePom(app, pom);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If tests are not on RHBQ it will set properties in app's pom to work with community quarkus BOM.
+     * Expects that app is using RHBQ by default.
+     */
+    public static void setCommunityBomIfNotRunningRHBQ(QuarkusCliRestService app, String communityQuarkusVersion)
+            throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+        if (!QuarkusProperties.getVersion().contains("redhat")) {
+            Properties communityBomProperties = new Properties();
+            communityBomProperties.put("quarkus.platform.group-id", "io.quarkus.platform");
+            communityBomProperties.put("quarkus.platform.version", communityQuarkusVersion);
+            changePropertiesInPom(app, communityBomProperties);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get main pom of the application (the one in root dir).
      */
diff --git a/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/RHBQPlatformAppManager.java b/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/RHBQPlatformAppManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bce4b78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quarkus-test-cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/util/RHBQPlatformAppManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package io.quarkus.test.util;
+
+import static io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.QuarkusCliClient.UpdateApplicationRequest.defaultUpdate;
+import static io.quarkus.test.util.QuarkusCLIUtils.getQuarkusAppVersion;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.QuarkusCliClient;
+import io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.QuarkusCliRestService;
+import io.quarkus.test.logging.Log;
+
+/**
+ * AppManager designed to update app to specific quarkus-bom version, instead of to stream as DefaultQuarkusCLIAppManager.
+ */
+public class RHBQPlatformAppManager extends DefaultQuarkusCLIAppManager {
+    protected final DefaultArtifactVersion newPlatformVersion;
+
+    public RHBQPlatformAppManager(QuarkusCliClient cliClient, DefaultArtifactVersion oldStreamVersion,
+            DefaultArtifactVersion newStreamVersion, DefaultArtifactVersion newPlatformVersion) {
+        super(cliClient, oldStreamVersion, newStreamVersion);
+        this.newPlatformVersion = newPlatformVersion;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void updateApp(QuarkusCliRestService app) {
+        Log.info("Updating app to version: " + newPlatformVersion);
+        app.update(defaultUpdate()
+                .withPlatformVersion(newPlatformVersion.toString()));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public QuarkusCliRestService createApplication() {
+        return assertIsUsingRHBQ(super.createApplication());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public QuarkusCliRestService createApplicationWithExtensions(String... extensions) {
+        return assertIsUsingRHBQ(super.createApplicationWithExtensions(extensions));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public QuarkusCliRestService createApplicationWithExtraArgs(String... extraArgs) {
+        return assertIsUsingRHBQ(super.createApplicationWithExtraArgs(extraArgs));
+    }
+
+    private QuarkusCliRestService assertIsUsingRHBQ(QuarkusCliRestService app) {
+        try {
+            // check that created application uses version with "redhat" suffix.
+            assertTrue(getQuarkusAppVersion(app).toString().contains("redhat"),
+                    "Created Quarkus application does not use \"redhat\" version, while should be RHBQ");
+        } catch (IOException | XmlPullParserException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        return app;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quarkus-test-core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/services/quarkus/model/QuarkusProperties.java b/quarkus-test-core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/services/quarkus/model/QuarkusProperties.java
index e313d5d81..be49b8f6f 100644
--- a/quarkus-test-core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/services/quarkus/model/QuarkusProperties.java
+++ b/quarkus-test-core/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/services/quarkus/model/QuarkusProperties.java
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ private QuarkusProperties() {
 
     }
 
+    public static boolean isRHBQ() {
+        return QuarkusProperties.getVersion().contains("redhat");
+    }
+
     public static String getVersion() {
         return defaultVersionIfEmpty(PLATFORM_VERSION.get());
     }